Chapter 793: Chapter 346 dellin_3
“Right. Have you taken care of your personal matters? Now can you take to visit the factory and the mine equipnt? I have other things to deal with this afternoon and evening.” Allen Zhang also slightly urged him.
“All set. I can take you there right now.” Andre hastened to have the car prepared, escorting the General Sect Leader to the waiting area where they boarded an off-road vehicle.
anwhile, Allen Zhang asked Bailey and Boketu to wait at the airport, only taking a few people with him to the mining equipnt factory.
They left the airport and headed to the mining area in dellin. The journey was smooth without any hitches; the surrounding towns have rapidly developed compared to the last century, showing significant progress, and were not as dilapidated as imagined. After all, with Colombia’s largest gold mine in dellin, wealth was sowhat radiated to the families of the working class.
The trip to the mining equipnt factory took just over ten minutes.
After getting out of the car, Allen Zhang glanced over the sparse mountainous area; basically, there were no people around except for the factory buildings and a few shanty towns; the rest seed even more deserted.
Andre also invited the General Sect Leader to the plant. After arriving, they saw various types of equipnt stored inside, and about a dozen chanical engineers residing there.
Andre had them start up the various devices for inspection to ensure the quality of the equipnt had no problems and it was ready for use after purchase.
He also explained, “Due to harassnt and obstruction by the guerrillas, I haven’t officially started work for several months, resulting in a lot of layoffs and significant financial losses. The governnt approached for negotiations, intending to buy this whole set of industrial equipnt. I have been considering it because I originally imported these advanced devices using US dollars, whereas the governnt only wants to pay in Colombian Pesos, which will undoubtedly cause to lose money. Now that Mr. Jin is willing to buy these things, of course, I don’t need to be conflicted anymore.”
Allen Zhang looked at the equipnt, noticing all sorts of mining machinery without any issues; they could be directly used for excavation work on Silver Island after transportation.
He inquired: “Mr. Andre, what price are you planning to sell this equipnt for?”
“When I bought this advanced set of equipnt, it cost a total of 15 million US dollars. I also frequently hire people to tune and maintain it. Now, with the increasing demand for the mining industry in Colombia, the price of these devices has not dropped but increased. They can be sold for 20 million US dollars.”
Andre explained: “The price negotiated with the Colombian governnt is 87.5 billion Pesos, which is roughly equivalent to about 20 million US dollars. But if Mr. Jin is willing to pay entirely in US dollars, I’m willing to sell at the original price of 15 million USD.”
Allen Zhang searched for various prices of mining equipnt and found that if purchased on the West Coast, just one advanced stone crusher costs nearly half a million US dollars. For an ultrasonic crushing machine set, at least two million US dollars.
Like other devices: drilling rigs, rock drills, electric shovels, jackhamrs, water pumps, crushers, excavators, heavy trucks, conveyor belts… a whole set of modern industrial equipnt would cost over twenty million dollars for second-hand products, impossible to obtain otherwise.
The initial investnt would be so high, not to ntion labor and utility costs, more expensive than Silver Island itself; no wonder those guerrilla mbers thought of taking a crooked path, racking their brains to freeload this set of equipnt.
Moreover, it is not certain whether Silver Island harbors silver coins and gold. If one were to spend close to 30 million US dollars to buy equipnt and then fail to produce silver and gold coins, who would bear the loss?
With the island’s scenery damaged and no treasure excavated, if you want to continue tourism, no one would want to co. Given such high risks, it might be better to keep selling tickets based on the myth of Silver Island’s treasure.
This is one of the main reasons why the guerrillas have controlled Silver Island for so many years without mining the treasure. Another part of the reason cos from the governnt’s resistance, and the people within the guerrilla ranks are not united; they are not willing to let go of the ticket inco from Silver Island, wanting both.
Now, the money is gone, the island too.
And it all fell into the lap of the General Sect Leader.
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